I’m guessing we go 2-4 on this road trip

F nola. He blows

Yup figures schwarber would strikeout on a pitch way out of the zone

13 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Yup figures schwarber would strikeout on a pitch way out of the zone

Greedy. As usual, instead of trying to make contact, lets try to launch it to the moon. A good pitcher knows this which just makes it easier.

3 minutes ago, vsptroops said:

Greedy. As usual, instead of trying to make contact, lets try to launch it to the moon. A good pitcher knows this which just makes it easier.

They can’t never hit the Mets in citi field. They try to hit homers and that’s a park that you really should try to hit singles and gap. We don’t have guys that try to do that consistently

Nola also fortunate that wasn’t a 3 run bomb by Soto .

Credit to Nola he could’ve unraveled partially fortunate soto’s ball went foul but he isn’t the reason they are losing this game. We suck at hitting. Particularly against megill

Ofc it’s realmuto with RISP….

Between the bullpen and our hitting I’m not sure what’s worse. I’d throw in our manager not removing Nola a batter before

43 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Credit to Nola he could’ve unraveled partially fortunate soto’s ball went foul but he isn’t the reason they are losing this game. We suck at hitting. Particularly against megill

Nola was not good, he got really lucky

2 minutes ago, Joe Shades 73 said:

Nola was not good, he got really lucky

Nola wasn’t great but still he had given up 2 thru 6.1. The issue is we can’t hit worth crap and our our bullpen blows. Plus Thomson is a moron who didn’t take nola out a batter sooner so Ruiz didn’t have to potentially face lindor

Big 6 run inning coming up

10 minutes ago, Joe Shades 73 said:

Big 6 run inning coming up

Heard this (IMO) absurd talk on WIP about moving Painter to the pen as our bullpen help. I hate this for several reasons.

1. I think everyone would universally agree that, at some point, a team becomes close enough to contending for a title that it is worth mortgaging or altering the future to incrementally improve and "go get it." Everyone agrees with that. BUT...I would argue the Phillies are no longer close enough to contending that it would be worth throwing a second wrench into Painter's development and turning him into a bullpen arm this year.

2. Right now, the good part of the rotation is Wheeler/Sanchez/Luzardo. I'm a Ranger fan, but we don't know what we are getting from him health-wise in the immediate future and he's going to walk next year anyway. And Nola may well be washed. We need Painter in the rotation...sooner rather than later, not in the pen. As bad as the bullpen is, we need Painter to ensure the rotation isn't a problem.

3. Let's cut the BS about the non-Painter prospects in the farm. If you want to add to the pen, use them. There are no sure-fire studs. Don't mess with the one blue chip guy we have. Would you trade Painter for the best reliever in baseball? No. You would not. So don't turn Painter into one. Trade literally anyone else in the system for your bullpen help if you have to.

4. Speaking of trading for bullpen help. Ranger is going to pitch this year and figures to pitch pretty well. Nola is going to level out a bit. At the deadline...one or both of these guys for someone who is already pigeon-holed as an effective reliever to a team looking for rotation help...that's a move I'd love to make.

1 minute ago, eagle45 said:

Heard this (IMO) absurd talk on WIP about moving Painter to the pen as our bullpen help. I hate this for several reasons.

1. I think everyone would universally agree that, at some point, a team becomes close enough to contending for a title that it is worth mortgaging or altering the future to incrementally improve and "go get it." Everyone agrees with that. BUT...I would argue the Phillies are no longer close enough to contending that it would be worth throwing a second wrench into Painter's development and turning him into a bullpen arm this year.

2. Right now, the good part of the rotation is Wheeler/Sanchez/Luzardo. I'm a Ranger fan, but we don't know what we are getting from him health-wise in the immediate future and he's going to walk next year anyway. And Nola may well be washed. We need Painter in the rotation...sooner rather than later, not in the pen. As bad as the bullpen is, we need Painter to ensure the rotation isn't a problem.

3. Let's cut the BS about the non-Painter prospects in the farm. If you want to add to the pen, use them. There are no sure-fire studs. Don't mess with the one blue chip guy we have. Would you trade Painter for the best reliever in baseball? No. You would not. So don't turn Painter into one. Trade literally anyone else in the system for your bullpen help if you have to.

4. Speaking of trading for bullpen help. Ranger is going to pitch this year and figures to pitch pretty well. Nola is going to level out a bit. At the deadline...one or both of these guys for someone who is already pigeon-holed as an effective reliever to a team looking for rotation help...that's a move I'd love to make.

If Nola can actually get himself pitching well I’d look to deal him for BP help. Have luzardo, Ranger and painter with Sanchez and wheeler. Use the money you save getting off Nola’s contract to extend luzardo and try to get a reasonable deal done with Ranger so he can be your 5th after wheeler, luzardo, Sanchez and painter in 2026

14 minutes ago, Joe Shades 73 said:

Big 6 run inning coming up

6-2

Stott has been awesome in the leadoff spot. Too bad we Fed up earlier in the game not scoring

Just now, Joe Shades 73 said:

What I meant to say was 4 runs and the so called showman coming up small

9 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Shocking

Feel Like stott got a ton of confidence being moved up to leadoff. I still think he has a good chance to be a good 2b. Frankly think he’s here longer than Bohm and marsh (duh)

Looks like the offense is just looking forward to having Thursday off and already checked out for the week. Thomson leaves the starter in too long again, shocker. Bullpen sucks, shocker. Kevin Long keeps getting brought back every year but they swing at everything outside the zone. 13Ks on the night, pathetic. JT sucks with RISP. Let me know if I'm missing anything.

9 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

If Nola can actually get himself pitching well I’d look to deal him for BP help. Have luzardo, Ranger and painter with Sanchez and wheeler. Use the money you save getting off Nola’s contract to extend luzardo and try to get a reasonable deal done with Ranger so he can be your 5th after wheeler, luzardo, Sanchez and painter in 2026

Here's the question- if you were a GM, would you trade for Aaron Nola? Not only are you trading for him, youre taking that abomination of a contract as well. The Phils would have to eat half just to make it somewhat appealing for a team. Don't get me wrong, I would love to see it but not gonna hold my breath.

3 hours ago, John Blutarski said:

Looks like the offense is just looking forward to having Thursday off and already checked out for the week. Thomson leaves the starter in too long again, shocker. Bullpen sucks, shocker. Kevin Long keeps getting brought back every year but they swing at everything outside the zone. 13Ks on the night, pathetic. JT sucks with RISP. Let me know if I'm missing anything.

I'm no Thomson supporter, but to be fair, he was screwed no matter what he did. Ruiz was the guy going in so either have Nola start the inning where Ruiz imploded for the umpteenth time, or start Ruiz for the 7th and just watch him implode from the get go. It was basically a sh#t sandwich. That is on Dombrowski.